Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “steadfastly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

11 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
steadfastly	18	6	71	(None)
steadfast	13	4	301	2	steadfast__
stedfast	12	4	364	3	ste_dfast__
stagnantly	14	5	229	4	st_agnantly
stalwartly	16	5	147	4	st_alwartly
standfast	13	4	391	4	standfast__
standfasts	14	5	255	4	standfast_s
steadfastness	17	6	85	4	steadfastness
steadiest	10	3	851	4	steadiest__
steadily	12	3	621	4	stead___ily
stepfamily	20	5	121	4	ste_pfamily

Search took 10 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	148819	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	11	9.173	16223.6
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	9.329	19154.4